Teresa Porzecanski

Teresa Porzecanski was born in Uruguay to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish and Syrian descent. She became a lecturer and researcher in social sciences at the Universidad de la República, Montevideo. She has written nine professional books on anthropology and social sciences, among them Historias de vida de inmigrantes judíos al Uruguay (Life Stories of Jewish Immigrants to Uruguay, 1986). In addition, she writes novels and short stories, including Construcciones (Constructions, 1979), La respiraciónes una fragua (Breath Is a Forge, 1989), Mesías en Montevideo (Messiah in Montevideo, 1989), and Perfumes de Cartago (1994). She has received many national and international awards and her works have been translated into numerous other languages, including English, Portuguese, German, and Dutch. Her fiction has also appeared in anthologies of Uruguayan, Jewish, and women's writing.